gambit

stratagemma, mossa

Azione studiata per ottenere un vantaggio sugli altri.

In inglese semplice: A planned action intended to give you an advantage over others.

• Her opening gambit was a joke.
• The discount was a clever gambit to attract customers.
• His risky political gambit failed.

Sinonimi: ploy, tactic, maneuver

Espressioni comuni: opening gambit, political gambit, risky gambit

gambetto

Mossa iniziale degli scacchi che sacrifica un pezzo per ottenere una posizione migliore.

In inglese semplice: An opening chess move that gives up a piece to gain a better position.

• He opened with a gambit.
• She declined the gambit and protected her king.
• The gambit cost a pawn but gave him control of the center.

Espressioni comuni: opening gambit, accept a gambit, decline a gambit

sacrificare

Rinunciare volontariamente a un pezzo degli scacchi per ottenere una posizione migliore.

In inglese semplice: To give up a chess piece deliberately to gain a better position.

• She chose to gambit a pawn.
• He gambited his knight to open an attack.
• Would you gambit a piece in this position?

Sinonimi: sacrifice

Espressioni comuni: gambit a pawn, gambit a knight, gambit a piece